Ticket-holder



(No Model.)

T. M. METCALP.

TICKET HOLDER. No. 324,869.

Patented A gyzs, 1885,,

UNTTED STATES PATENT OEETQE.

TRACY MINER- METGALF, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

TICKET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,869, dated August25%, 1885.

(No model.)

0 at whom it 11mg concern.-

Be it known that I, TRACY MINER MET- CALF, a citizen of the UnitedStates. and a resident of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey, in theState of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTicket- Holders, of which the following specification is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being also had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figurel is a front View, Fig. 2 is a side View, andFig. 3 is a plan vieW,0f the holder open. Fig. 4 is a plan view ofadouble-folding holder closed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view, enlarged, ofone of the ticket-holding frames or racks. Fig. 6 is an enlargedperspective view of one of the springs removed from the rack.

A A are oblong frames of wire, each having a bar, A, connecting theirends centrally. Attached by their ends within these frames A A andbetween the frames and bars Aare a'series of oblong frames. a, arrangedalternately in the frames A A, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the smallerframes a in the larger frame A will be opposite the spaces between thesmaller frames to in the larger frame A when the two frames A A arefolded over face to face. I

Between the frames A A is another frame, A, to which the frames A A arehinged at I), as shown, the frame A thus serving to keep the frames A Asome distance apart when they are folded over face to face, as shown inFig. i, and as hereinafter more fully described. Embracing each of thesesmall frames a are two bands, (1 (1, their fronts bent off at rightangles at d" d, and thence downward again and attached to the ends ofthe frames a, as shown in Fig. 5, the frames (1, bands d d, and sectionsat d" thus forming small frames or racks open at the ends, and havingsmall spaces 0 between the ends of the bands (7. (l and the points wherethe sections (75 (l branch from them, as shown.

B are coiled springs attached to the bands (1 (Z of each rack, and eachspring provided with a cross-bar, g, at its top.

0 represents the tickets, which will be inserted into each rack from oneend between the springs B and the outer portions of the bands d d", thespring thus holding the tickets pressed outward and preventing them fromfalling from the racks.

The spaces 6 will be a trifle wider than the thickness of one ticket,but less than the thickness of two tickets, so that only one ticket at atime will be removed from the racks.

As before stated, and as shown in the drawings, the racks are arrangedalternately, so that when the frame A is folded over upon the frame A,or vice versa, the racks attached to one frame will fit into the spacesbetween the rocks on the other frame, so that the racks and frames willoccupy only one-half as much space when thus folded together as theywould occupy were the racks all opposite each other.

By this simple arrangement means are provided for holding in plain viewof the ticketseller, and in a very easily accessible position, a largenumber of tickets, while at the same time, when not in use, the framescan be folded up into convenient shape for placing in a safe or othersecure place.

The frames A A will be provided with means for suspending them fromhooks or nails on the wall when in use.

This device will generally be used in selling railroad-tickets, but maybe used for other similar purposes.

The bars 9 across the springs B are an important feature of myinvention, as they increase the size of the holdingsurface of thesprings and prevent the tickets tilting upon the springs.

Any number of the frames A or A and their attached racks may beconnected together, as may be desired, and any desired number of theracks may be arranged in each frame.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 I have shown two sets of the frames and theirracks, and in Fig. 4 l have shown four sets, the two sections beinghinged together at h and resting back to back.

In Fig. 2, at 'i, one of the tickets is shown 5 partially removed toillustrate the manner of removing the tickets from the racks.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claimis 1. In a ticket-holder,'a frame, A, having IOO ticket-holding racksattached thereto, a simid dfleornerseetions cl"l,open spaces e, springslar frame, A", having similar ticket-holding B, and cross-bars g,substantially as and for racks attached thereto, the racks of one framethe purpose set forth. alternating With the racks of the other frame, Intestimony whereof I have'herennto set r5 5 and an intermediate frame, A,hinged to said my hand in presence of two subscribing witframes A A,whereby the latter may be folded nesses. together and the racks of oneframe fit into the T spaces between the racks of the adjoining TRACY MILER METCALF' irame, substantially as and for the purpose set Witnesses:

1o forth. HENRY P. GooDENoW,

2. The combination of the frames (1, bands LoUIs FEESER, Jr.

